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Mantra 5

Sukta 1.181

Rishi: Agastya Māna (traditional; confirm via Anukramaṇī)
Devata: Aśvinau
Chandas: Triṣṭubh

प्र वां निचेरुः ककुहो वशाँ अनु पिशङ्गरूपः सदनानि गम्याः । हरी अन्यस्य पीपयन्त वाजैर्मथ्रा रजांस्यश्विना वि घोषैः ॥

प्र वां॑ निचे॒रुः क॑कु॒हो वशाँ॒ अनु॑ पि॒शङ्ग॑रूप॒: सद॑नानि गम्याः । हरी॑ अ॒न्यस्य॑ पी॒पय॑न्त॒ वाजै॑र्म॒थ्रा रजां॑स्यश्विना॒ वि घोषै॑: ॥

pra vāṃ ni-ceruḥ kakuhaḥ vaśān anu piśaṅga-rūpaḥ sadanāni gamyāḥ | harī anyasya pīpayanta vājair mathrā rajāṃsy aśvinā vi ghoṣaiḥ ||

Forth you move, following your own will, taking the heights, radiant in form, reaching the seats of the worlds. The two tawny steeds of one of you are filled with plenitudes of force; you churn the spaces with your resonant sounds, O Aśvins, and make the paths open.

प्र । वा॒म् । नि॒ऽचे॒रुः । क॒कु॒हः । वशा॑न् । अनु॑ । पि॒शङ्ग॑ऽरूपः । सद॑नानि । ग॒म्याः॒ । हरी॑ । अ॒न्यस्य॑ । पी॒पय॑न्त । वाजैः॑ । म॒थ्ना । रजां॑सि । अ॒श्वि॒ना॒ । वि । घोषैः॑ ॥प्र । वाम् । निचेरुः । ककुहः । वशान् । अनु । पिशङ्गरूपः । सदनानि । गम्याः । हरी । अन्यस्य । पीपयन्त । वाजैः । मथ्ना । रजांसि । अश्विना । वि । घोषैः ॥pra | vām | ni-ceruḥ | kakuhaḥ | vaśān | anu | piśaṅga-rūpaḥ | sadanāni | gamyāḥ | harī | anyasya | pīpayanta | vājaiḥ | mathnāa | rajāṃsi | aśvinā | vi | ghoṣaiḥ

प्रforth, forward
प्र:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
वाम्of you two / you two
वाम्:
Sampradāna (to/for you two) / Karma (you two as object, context-dependent)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (pronominal base)
निचेरुःthey have gone down/approached
निचेरुः:
Kriyā (verbal action)
TypeVerb
Rootचर् (धातु) with नि-
ककुहःpeaks/summits (humps, heights)
ककुहः:
Kartā (subject)
TypeNoun
Rootककुह- (prātipadika)
वशाम्the cow (vashā; a cow/possibly a sacrificial cow)
वशाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवशा- (prātipadika)
अनुafter, along, following
अनु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु (upasarga/avyaya)
पिशङ्गरूपःof tawny/variegated form
पिशङ्गरूपः:
Viśeṣaṇa (qualifier of an implied/nearby noun) / Kartā if taken substantively
TypeAdjective
Rootपिशङ्ग- + रूप- (compound prātipadika)
सदनानिseats, dwellings, abodes
सदनानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसदन- (prātipadika)
गम्याःto be gone to, to be reached
गम्याः:
Viśeṣaṇa / Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (predicative: ‘to be reached’)
TypeAdjective (verbal)
Rootगम् (धातु) → गम्य (gerundive/future passive participle)
हरीthe two bay steeds
हरी:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootहरि- (prātipadika)
अन्यस्यof another
अन्यस्य:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (genitival relation)
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootअन्य- (prātipadika)
पीपयन्तthey two made (him/it) drink; they refreshed/satisfied
पीपयन्त:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootपा (पिबति) / पाययति-causative base; reduplicated intensive/causative-like stem पीपय-
वाजैःwith prizes/strengths, with (winning) powers
वाजैः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootवाज- (prātipadika)
मथ्राwith churning/rousing (force)
मथ्रा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun/Adjective (contextual)
Rootमथ्रā- (prātipadika; Vedic, ‘churning/rousing’ or ‘with churning’)
रजांसिregions, spaces (air-realms)
रजांसि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरजस्- (prātipadika)
अश्विनाO Aśvins
अश्विना:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (dual deity name)
Rootअश्विन्- (prātipadika)
विapart, widely, forth
वि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (upasarga)
घोषैःwith sounds, with clamours
घोषैः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootघोष- (prātipadika)